Monday, 3 October 2011

Game Intro : Spiral Knights

Intro To SK:
Spiral Knights is a awesome lil' adventuring game that presents you lil' chibi characters. You basicly build your way to fame, your equipment the most important part of your journey. You get to collect heat to level up your equipment in your arsenal and crowns, to upgrade your weapons, buy more and get energy.
The most popular way to earn your fame and crowns is to go deep underground, into the clockworks, which uses energy. You uncover monsters in the dungeon-like map and fight to earn. There are also little boxes which give you extras, ranging from crowns, heat, temporary vials to use in the clockworks and, very rare, equipment. There are 3 tiers. Tier 1, the most basic Tier, Tier 2, the advanced Tier, and Tier 3, which is pretty much the expertos. Each Tier has at least 1 boss. T1 = The wolf-like Snarbolax. T2 = The Jelly King and The Roarmulus, twin gigantic robot wolf-puppies (also known as turrents), T3= The Lord Vanaduke, which I haven't explored yet.
The other way to earn stuff is to participate in the "games". The games currently include Bomb-out showdown and lockdown. Bomb-out is like the game playing with fire (only one of the best classic games) and lockdown is a PvP capture the points game. In Lockdown, you are allowed to choose 1 class. The classes grant you a shield that allows you to use an abillity. Guardian: Shields everyone in a 1 metre radius and heals you a little. Striker: Temporarily allows you to sprint for a certain time. Recon: Temporarily cloaks you and releases a pulse, weakening enemies' defences. You have to capture areas, which in turn gives your team points. The most points win.
Extras:
SK has recently introduced steam to the system, allowing steam achievements. The Snarbolax (T1 Boss) was also recently indroduced at about May.

Game Review : Portal 2

I found this stunning lil' game in the steam system. Played it on Xbox in one of the electronic shops. This Game Blew Me Away! I expected alot from this game and it just gave me more.

Review:
Portal 2 is a Sci-Fi game. Like it's name, it involves shooting portals with the portal gun. The portals allow anything to pass in, leaving you ideas like bridges, walls and blocks that were threw a mile away. The game  itself makes you feel like an complete idiot-genius. You get stuck on very simple levels, not even realizing to use the portals and jumper's (sorry, forgot the name) to get through a vast space of nothingness... and tadaa! The most simplest idea comes and you feel like a complete genius.
In all, Portal 2 is one of my favorites. I just hope you feel that way too!